Kiosk patch for galeon

Matt Hughes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.galeon.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

We have a patch to Galeon1 which we use to help provide restricted
browsing capabilities for kiosks. We have found these modifcations
useful, and I think they would make a good addition to Galeon.

I would like to know if the Galeon team would be interested in
integrating any of these modifications into the official Galeon, and
if it would be worthwhile for me to port these changes to Galeon2.

Here is a list of our modifications:

1) Kiosk mode: disables most menus (including accelerators) so that
   only the edit, go, and tab menus remain. Bookmark editing is not
   allowed, settings cannot be changed, context menus have restricted
   navigation, image, email, properties, and link options. New windows
   cannot be opened, only new tabs (it is intended to run full screen).

2) Super kiosk mode: No navigation of any kind is allowed; no menus,
   toolbars, etc. No vi naviagions keys, no new tabs or windows.

3) Disable proxy ui: prevent users from changing proxy
   settings. Independent from kiosk mode because there are cases where
   near-normal browsing is required, but proxies are mandatory.

4) No print prompt: No print dialog is shown; everything is
   automatically sent to the printer as configured in the gconf
   keys. This is userful for registration kiosks (print invoked from
   javascript).

5) No mime action prompt: Prevents the mime action dialog from being
   shown when the user clicks on a file with an unrecognized
   type. Instead shows a dialog that says downloading has been
   disabled. 

All of these items are controlled through the use of gconf keys.

Shall I send patches?

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